Netflix Teases Reality Show ‘Summer Job,’ Film ‘Robbing Mussolini’ at MIA
variety.comMarta Balaga Winter is coming, but not at Netflix, as the streamer will be launching its reality show “Summer Job” – produced by Banijay Italia – before the end of the year. “I am proud, because it’s an original show made for Italy,” said Tinny Andreatta, VP of content for Italy, at MIA Market on Wednesday.
Netflix has been eager to expand its unscripted content. “We know our members love it. It’s a really exciting and growing area for us,” added Larry Tanz, VP of content for EMEA.
Mentioning some recent successes from “Young, Famous & African” to “I Am Georgina,” both coming back for a second season, as well as new Spanish offering “Who Likes My Follower?” Docu-series are also having a moment, it was stated, with the launch of Mark Lewis’ “Vatican Girl: The Disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi” already generating controversy. “It’s a very sensitive show,” noted Andreatta. “When we launched ‘SanPa: Sins of the Savior,’ we felt there was an audience for this kind of shows and competence in the market, both from the production side and from the talent side.” But Netflix also intends to invest more in “big films,” said Andreatta, treating the audience to the first peek of “Robbing Mussolini,” which will premiere at Rome Film Fest on Saturday.
Directed by Renato De Maria – also behind the streamer’s 2019 drama “The Ruthless” – and described as a “true-ish story of a legendary heist,” it will see a group of misfits trying to steal Mussolini’s treasure.
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